Millcreek man waives hearing in dog neglect case

Investigators charge that he failed to provide food, water, and veterinary care to his pit bull.

Times-News staff

A Millcreek Township man accused of neglecting a dog in his care in an investigation conducted by the A.N.N.A. Shelter in Erie waived the case against him to court on Tuesday.

Zachary V. Laborde, 29, waived his preliminary hearing before Millcreek Township District Judge Laurie Mikielski on a felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals and on three misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals.

Laborde, who remains free on unsecured bond, is accused of failing to provide food, water, and veterinary care to a female pit bull he owned. The dog was turned over to the A.N.N.A. Shelter on Jan. 1 by a person who claimed that the dog was a stray, but investigators determined that the dog belonged to Laborde, according to information in the criminal complaint. Veterinary staff said the dog was dehydrated and emaciated and weighed about half its desired weight, investigators wrote in the complaint.

The dog is in foster care and is doing well, A.N.N.A. Shelter officials said Tuesday.

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